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TEA PARTY PATRIOTS:
The GOP quandary: How far right without falling over the edge?
“Tea party loyalists are still somewhat wary of Walker, though, because of past positions on immigration and government support for ethanol, a big issue in Iowa, site of the nation’s first caucus. In 2006, he said during his gubernatorial campaign that “we as conservatives should oppose” federal ethanol requirements. But at the Iowa Ag Summit this month, he said he was “willing to go forward” with federal standards. Tea Party Patriots president Jenny Beth Martin asked Walker why he switched his position. Walker said his position was consistent, ...

HEALTHCARE:
ObamaCare fines rising in 2015, IRS prepares to collect
“Don't have health insurance? Get ready to pay up. The ObamaCare-mandated fines for not having insurance are rising in 2015 -- and for the first time, will be collected by the Internal Revenue Service. The individual requirement to buy health insurance went into effect earlier this year. But this coming tax season is the first time all taxpayers will have to report to the IRS whether they had health insurance for the prior year. The fines for the 2014 year were relatively modest -- $95 per person or 1 percent of household income (above the threshold for filing taxes), ...

On Tuesday, Tea Party activists across the country stood against the intimidation tactics of the IRS. The protests were a great success, but they offered an interesting juxtaposition in the responses to the protests by some IRS agents and some DHS agents.
First, the response by some IRS offices, via Katie Pavlich of Townhall.com:
IRS offices in Flagstaff and Prescott, Ariz. were temporarily closed Tuesday as protests of IRS offices around the country were planned by Tea Party activists.
"They have a notice up that says 'temporarily closed," said Tom Case, a Lake Havasu resident.
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The voicemail message at the Flagstaff office states that the ...